| Rank | Tweet | Posted by | Likes(millions) | Date posted | Context |
| 1 | [It is with immeasurable grief that we confirm the passing of Chadwick Boseman. Chadwick was diagnosed with stage III colon cancer in 2016, and battled with it these last 4 years as it progressed to stage IV... ] | Family of Chadwick Boseman@chadwickboseman | 6.6 | August 28, 2020 | Tweet announcing the death of American actor Chadwick Boseman. Boseman died after complications with colon cancer, which he had been diagnosed with four years prior; the diagnosis was only made public after his death. It became the most-liked tweet in the history of Twitter within 24 hours of its being posted, and was the most-liked tweet of 2020. |
| 2 | Next I'm buying Coca-Cola to put the cocaine back in | Elon Musk@elonmusk | 4.3 | April 27, 2022 | Following his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter a few days prior to the date of this tweet, Elon Musk jokingly announced that he would also purchase Coca-Cola in order to restore the cocaine; the drink's original recipe contained coca leaf extract, from which the drug is derived. |
| 3 | "No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion..." | Barack Obama@BarackObama | 3.6 | August 12, 2017 | This tweet was the first of three, by former U.S. president Barack Obama, quoting a passage from Nelson Mandela's autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, in response to the 2017 Charlottesville attack. The accompanying picture, taken in 2011 by former White House photographer Pete Souza, shows Obama visiting a day care center in Bethesda, Maryland. Four days later, Twitter publicly confirmed that it had become the most-liked tweet on the platform ever, with over 3.3 million likes at the time of announcement. The tweet surpassed previous record holder Ariana Grande's Manchester tweet on August 15, 2017, when it reached 2.7 million likes three days after being posted. |
| 4 | | Greta Thunberg@GretaThunberg | 3.5 | December 28, 2022 | Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg tweeted this in response to British-American internet personality Andrew Tate, who posted a tweet taunting her with the emissions of his car collection. |
| 5 | It's a new day in America. | Joe Biden@JoeBiden | 3.5 | January 20, 2021 | President-elect Joe Biden posted this tweet on the day of his inauguration as the 46th president of the United States. According to Twitter's year-end review, it was the most-liked tweet of 2021. |
| 6 | [A picture of Donald Trump raising his fist after surviving an assassination attempt] | Elon Musk@elonmusk | 3.4 | July 13, 2024 | Photo by Evan Vucci of U.S. president Donald Trump putting his fist in the air after surviving an assassination attempt at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania |
| 7 | Congratulations to the Astronauts that left Earth today. Good choice | Andy Milonakis@andymilonakis | 3.4 | May 30, 2020 | American comedian Andy Milonakis posted this tweet in response to the launch of Crew Dragon Demo-2 by SpaceX on May 30, 2020, during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and George Floyd protests. According to Twitter's year-end review, it was the third most-liked tweet of 2020. |
| 8 | Kobe was a legend on the court and just getting started in what would have been just as meaningful a second act. To lose Gianna is even more heartbreaking to us as parents. Michelle and I send love and prayers to Vanessa and the entire Bryant family on an unthinkable day. | Barack Obama@BarackObama | 3.4 | January 26, 2020 | Barack Obama wrote this tweet in tribute to American basketball player Kobe Bryant after news of his and his daughter Gianna's deaths in a helicopter crash surfaced. According to Twitter's year-end review, it was the second most-liked tweet of 2020. |
| 9 | this is what happens when you don't recycle your pizza boxes | Greta Thunberg@GretaThunberg | 3.1 | December 30, 2022 | Following Andrew Tate's arrest in Romania, there was a debunked rumor that the authorities arrested Tate because a video he posted taunting Thunberg included a pizza box from a Romanian pizzeria, indicating he was in the country. |
| 10 | hello literally everyone | Twitter@Twitter | 3.1 | October 4, 2021 | Twitter tweeted this on a day when Facebook, Inc.-owned social media platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, suffered a major, worldwide outage. According to Twitter's year-end review, it was the third most-liked tweet of 2021. After Twitter rebranded into X in July 2023, the original Tweet author changed to the new, rebranded account. |
| 11 | 😙 | Jungkook@BTS_twt | 3.0 | January 24, 2021 | BTS member Jungkook posted a selfie featuring his newly dyed blond hair. The tweet surpassed 1 million likes in 58 minutes. According to Twitter's year-end review, it was the second most-liked tweet of 2021. |
| 12 | Never Not 💜 | Jungkook@BTS_twt | 3.0 | May 3, 2020 | Video clip of BTS member Jungkook singing "Never Not" by American singer Lauv. The tweet accumulated 1 million likes within two hours; it was additionally the fastest in 2020 to reach 1 million views. |
| 13 | I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means | Elon Musk@elonmusk | 2.9 | April 25, 2022 | Billionaire Elon Musk posted this tweet ahead of Twitter board unanimously accepting his buyout deal. The acquisition was completed in October 2022, and on December 2022, accounts belonging to several journalists were banned. |
| 14 | 💘 @Harry_Styles 💝 | J-Hope@BTS_twt | 2.9 | November 20, 2021 | Shows video of BTS members singing along to a song during a Harry Styles concert held in Los Angeles on the same day as the tweet. |
| 15 | 아미 보고 싶다 ㅜ | Jungkook@BTS_twt | 2.9 | April 11, 2021 | BTS member Jungkook posted a selfie of him wearing a purple (the color is symbolic of the band's fandom) sweatshirt and a black beanie, with the caption "ARMY I miss you" in reference to the band's fans. |
| 16 | Hi Army😊 | V @BTS_twt | 2.9 | August 16, 2020 | BTS member V posted a pair of selfies from behind-the-scenes of a photoshoot. In December 2020, Twitter revealed that his tweet was both the most-liked K-pop related tweet and the most-liked BTS tweet of the year with 3.2 million likes. |
| 17 | Love U💜 | J-Hope@BTS_twt | 2.8 | November 24, 2021 | |
| 18 | focus on army💜 | Jungkook@BTS_twt | 2.8 | November 22, 2021 | Jungkook posted this after the American Music Awards. |
| 19 | 연습 연습 연습!!!#JK | Jungkook@BTS_twt | 2.8 | May 29, 2021 | |
| 20 | 셀프 염색 :)#JJK | Jungkook@BTS_twt | 2.8 | February 24, 2021 | BTS member Jungkook posted a selfie with self-dyed blue hair. |
| 21 | 정국이 생일축하해요이? | V @BTS_twt | 2.8 | September 1, 2020 | BTS member V tweeted this video of him wishing bandmate Jungkook a happy birthday in Korean in celebration of the latter's 23rd birthday that day. |
| 22 | Hey guys, wanna feel old?I'm 40.You're welcome. | Macaulay Culkin@IncredibleCulk | 2.8 | August 26, 2020 | American actor Macaulay Culkin, best known for his role as young Kevin McCallister in the Home Alone and Home Alone 2 movies, posted this tweet a day after his 40th birthday. Intended as a joke to "make people feel old", the tweet elicited thousands of shocked responses from fans, many of whom still thought of Culkin as the film character. According to Twitter's year-end review, it was the fourth most-liked tweet of 2020. |
| 23 | 👍 | V @BTS_twt | 2.7 | September 20, 2021 | |
| 24 | 다녀오겠습니다😊#JIMIN#꾸기 | Jimin@BTS_twt | 2.7 | September 18, 2021 | |
| 25 | 💜💜 | V @BTS_twt | 2.7 | June 25, 2021 | |
| 26 | 💜 x7 | BTS@BTS_twt | 2.7 | June 1, 2021 | BTS posted two group selfies of the band celebrating the debut of its single "Butter" at number one on the Billboard Hot 100—it was the band's third number-one debut and fourth number-one song on the chart overall. |
| 27 | We did it, @JoeBiden. | Kamala Harris@KamalaHarris | 2.7 | November 7, 2020 | Vice president-elect Kamala Harris tweeted a video of herself congratulating president-elect Joe Biden over the phone after the pair won the 2020 United States presidential election. According to Twitter's year-end review, it was the fifth most-liked tweet of 2020. |
| 28 | America, I'm honored that you have chosen me to lead our great country.The work ahead of us will be hard, but I promise you this: I will be a President for all Americans — whether you voted for me or not.I will keep the faith that you have placed in me. | Joe Biden@JoeBiden | 2.7 | November 7, 2020 | Joe Biden's first tweet after defeating sitting president Donald Trump in the 2020 United States presidential election. It accumulated over 1 million likes in less than 30 minutes of being posted. |
| 29 | We met @lizzo 😍🤙 | J-Hope, Jimin,Jungkook & V@BTS_twt | 2.6 | November 20, 2021 | Members of BTS attended a Harry Styles concert in Los Angeles, during which they met Lizzo. BTS members and Lizzo were photographed together in three photos posted below the tweet. |
| 30 | It's coming.@coldplay | BTS@BTS_twt | 2.6 | September 14, 2021 | |
| As of December 28, 2024 |
